Abstract
A seven year-old girl presented with left sided painless monoplegia at the lower extremity after falling from two meters height. Cranial computed tomography showed right sided fronto-parietal epidural hematoma. Urgent decompressive craniotomy for the evacuation of the hematoma was performed. Patient discharged two weeks after admission with minimal loss of muscle strength. Fronto-parietal epidural hematomas may also manifest with monoplegia and early evacuation should be standard management.
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Article Type: Case Report
J Clin Exp Invest, Volume 4, Issue 2, June 2013, 223-225
https://doi.org/10.5799/ahinjs.01.2013.02.0271
Publication date: 13 Jun 2013
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